Originally Posted by
McNugent
Didn’t Kirby pull some BS as AA where he “just” wanted a few more seats on the RJs? Well, here it is. Buy them then cry poor when they don’t make any financial sense. He’ll dangle some sort of carrot to unlock the full potential of these planes during negotiations. Why in the world would he just give us a NSNB order now when he can get something in return during contract negotiations?
He may or may not try to pull this. Which is a very good reason to not be thrilled about this. It’s a situation to be monitored.